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Facebook has announced a collaboration with some of the web's other largest companies - including Google, LinkedIn and Twitter - in order to build a new web-scale variant of MySQL that will be more suited to large-scale applications.

Hadoop developer Hortonworks is set to make a major push to improve the big data processing software with the aid of an additional $100 million in funding that has been secured from a new round of investments.

Networking specialist Cisco has unveiled plans to invest $1 billion into the creation of what it claims will be the world's largest 'global intercloud' - a connected system of cloud networks - to meet the future demands of the digital-driven environment.

Some of Amazon Web Services (AWS') most advanced users have been explaining their solutions for managing databases on the platform, with many stated they favour self-managed options over Amazon's managed offerings.

Some $8 million (£4.8 million) has been made available to support the arrival of new next-generation solution to manage the growing volumes of business data. VoltDB has announced it has secured the sum following discussions between a Silicon Valley luminary, two further investors and existing stakeholders.

When it comes to protecting a business' critical information from serious problems, a strong disaster recovery and business continuity (DR and BC) plan is a must. But in today's environment, companies have more options available to them than ever before when it comes to safeguarding their essential data, so choosing the right tools requires close attention.